With 69 wins and 12 losses, the Trail Blazers tied the Bulls and Lakers for second place in NBA history. At the end of the 2005-2006 regular season, people's eyes focused on the two teams, the Trail Blazers and the Suns.

The Trail Blazers' opponent in the last game of the regular season is the Suns!

Only by defeating the Suns can the Trail Blazers win 70 games!

The importance of this game increased after the Trail Blazers lost to the Nuggets and defeated the Jazz.

Originally, people thought that the Trail Blazers would definitely win both games. Winning or losing the last game was not that important. The suspense of 70 wins in the last game was indeed beyond most people's expectations.

At this time, Liu Xiu's 40+ triple-double against the Jazz a few days ago once again became a hot topic - if the Trail Blazers had not been able to reverse the Jazz and win that day, they might have bid farewell to the 70-win game against the Nuggets.

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The day after the Trail Blazers won 69 games, at 9:58 pm on April 17, after 2 hours and 28 minutes of play, the Suns slaughtered the Hornets 115-78 at home, ending their last game of the season.

One home game improved the record to 54 wins and 27 losses.

After this game, there was another topic in the regular season finale between the Suns and Trail Blazers - can the Suns win 55 games or the Trail Blazers win 70 games?

The two records seem very different, but this topic is very popular!

A reporter from Sports Illustrated stated in the game preview that his MVP vote will go to the winner of this game.

The reason has convinced many people - the Suns can still win 50 games without Stoudemire, an inside man who can average 25+ points per game. It is incredible. They can win 54 games and can definitely be used.

To describe it as the "god of point guards", if you can get 55 wins, not to mention consecutive MVP awards, three consecutive MVP awards are worthy of voting.

At this time, Kobe was pulled out and beaten - he didn't even make the playoffs in his first year without O'Neal.

Even if we make the playoffs this year, we won't even have 50 wins.

In addition to this, after the game between the Suns and the Hornets, a new topic also emerged-the battle for the assist king!

Originally, Nash had always been in the lead. Although the advantage was slowly being eroded by Liu Xiu, the advantage was always there.

If the two perform normally, Liu Xiu will still be slightly behind Nash by the end of the season.

But the last game between the two of them was not normal.

Both of them beat their opponents like crazy in the last game. However, when Liu Xiu led his team to beat the Jazz by 40 points, he got 18 assists; while when Nash led his team to beat the Hornets, Nash only played 21 minutes.

, scored 12 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists, but did not play in the second half.

After Liu Xiu got 18 assists, his total season assists increased to 910. After playing 81 games, his average assists per game increased from 11.15 to 11.234.

After Nash got 6 assists, his total season assists increased to 874. After playing 78 games, his average assists per game dropped from 11.27 to 11.205.

Sports Illustrated calls Nash the "god of point guards," and ESPN believes that if Liu Xiu finally wins the assists title, regardless of whether he wins 69 games or not, his performance will be better than Nash.

This statement is also supported by many people.

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The time has come to April 18th, and today there are obviously more games than usual, because today is the beginning of the regular season. There are a total of 9 games, plus tomorrow's 6 games, this season's regular season will come to an end.

At 11:26 pm, the Spurs defeated the Rockets at home, improving their record to 63 wins and 19 losses. Today's game is all over.

Although there are still 6 games to be played tomorrow, the playoff roster and rankings have all been determined.

East: Pistons first, Heat second, Nets third, Pacers fourth, Cavaliers fifth, Raptors sixth, Bulls seventh, Wizards eighth; West: Trail Blazers

First, the Spurs are second, the Suns are third, the Mavericks are fourth, the Clippers are fifth, the Grizzlies are sixth, the Nuggets are seventh, and the Lakers are eighth.

Because today the Nuggets defeated the SuperSonics at home and ended the regular season with 49 wins and 33 losses. Even if the Lakers defeated the Mavericks at home tomorrow, they would only have 48 wins and the Nuggets would advance to the playoffs as seventh in the Western Conference.

On April 19th, the last match day of the 2005-2006 regular season arrived.

The attention of basketball fans is focused on Portland. No one cares about the other five games. The ranking has been determined. The Knicks, who are last in the rankings, have also firmly grasped the rankings. Most of the data lists have been settled... only the Trail Blazers.

Whether they win 70 games or the Suns win 55 games, there are two suspenseful questions about who will win the assists title, Liu Xiu or Nash.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the unheralded game between the Celtics and the Knicks in the Eastern Conference started, signaling the end of the regular season.

At 7:40 pm, the two teams started to enter the Rose Garden Arena after warming up.

The first to enter was the visiting Suns, who enjoyed the most enthusiastic boos from the Trail Blazers this season. In the eyes of Trail Blazers fans, no game in their entire regular season history is more important than tonight.

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After Nash was the last one to run out of the visiting team's tunnel, it was the home team's turn. Liu Xiu led his teammates out of the tunnel. The fans cheered for the players with their throats broken.

The Trail Blazers fans who came to the scene wanted to witness history and see the second 70-win team in NBA history.

Even if they are 'just' competing for second place, they still want to be uniquely second, not tied with the other two teams!

After the players from the two teams took the field, the statistics of Liu Xiu and Nash were posted on the big screen.

Neither Liu Xiu nor Nash was in a hurry to say a word to each other. Listening to the fans' exclamations, they all looked at the big screen.

Liu Xiu had player detection reports, but he still looked up at the big screen. When playing basketball, there must be a sense of ritual.

Nash has played 78 games so far this season, averaging 19 points, 4.2 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, shooting 51.2% from the field, 43.6% from three-point range, and 92% from free throws.

His points and rebounds per game are both career highs.

The hit rate is the most exaggerated, with a hit rate of 51+43+92, a super rich 180 club performance!

Nash's field goal percentage and free throw percentage are both career highs, but not the three-pointers. In the era when perimeter defense was available, in the 2001-02 season, Nash had a 45.5% three-point shooting rate and averaged 1.9 three-pointers per game.

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Liu Xiu looked at Nash's performance and understood why O'Neal always expressed his dissatisfaction with Nash taking away the MVP in the 2004-05 season, but did not complain about Nash having only 54 wins in the 05-06 season but winning consecutive MVPs.

Nash's performance was terrible!

On the other side, Liu Xiu played 81 games, averaging 25.2 points, 7 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 3.1 steals and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 51% from the field, 34.9% from the three-point range, and 90.4% from the free throw line...

Think again about that guy in Los Angeles who averaged 38 points per game...
Chapter completed!